Rosewater Trailer

Maziar Bahari is an Iranian-Canadian journalist who embarked on a week long trip to Iran in 2009 in a bid to cover the story of the presidential elections, leaving his pregnant wife behind. He spent his time filming campaigns and students, but still understanding that sometimes he needs to turn the camera off for his own safety. However, when situations got heated and the protests began, he decided to make the brave move in videotaping the chaos; including such situations that could've been compromising to the government. Accused of being a foreign spy, he was later arrested, blindfolded, beaten and mercilessly interrogated, with information even as trivial as his Facebook interests being used against him. Despite the fear and the injustice, however, he got through with an extraordinary ability to focus his mind, laughing his way through his four month imprisonment and knowing deep down that he would be free before long.

'Rosewater' is the directorial debut of 'The Daily Show''s Jon Stewart, who interviewed Bahari in an episode that would later be used against him in his interrogation. It is based on Bahari's autobiography and stars Gael García Bernal as the journalist and Kim Bodnia as the title character. The movie is scheduled to be released in the US on November 7th 2014.